Bed-bottom



(No Model.) I l E. A. HAIGHT 8E D. WILLIAMS.

BBD BOTTOM. No. 272.956. l Patenjged Feb.27 ,1883. L n S\, Q, Flglt s f---J .i v Y J i C@ '\f Q t w a s,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. HAIGHT, or sEALEEsVILLE, AND DELBERT WILLIAMS,

' I or CLEVELAND, oHIo.

BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,956, dated February 27, 1883.

` Application tiled November 1, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that we, EDWARD A. HAIGIIT, otShalersville, Portage county, Ohio, and DEL- BERT WILLIAMS, of Cleveland, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bed- Bottoms, of which the following is a specification.

lhis invention relates to bed bottoms in which the coil-springs are rectangular at the top and are connected'at the sides and ends of the bed-bottoni with two torsion-springs, each ot' which extends the length of one side and halt' across the ends ot' the bed.

In the drawings forming a part of this speci- ;5 tication, Figure l is a plan. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

The coil wire springs a are attached at the bottom t0 slats b, and are ofthe usual construc- `tion for bedbottoms, except that they are of 2O rectangular form at the top. They are connected atV their corners with each other, and with the torsion springs c c at the ends and sidesofthe bed-bottom bywire hooks e.. Their rectangular l'orm prevents wire hooks e from slipping on them and becoming dislodged from them. Eacht' the springs o c extends along the side of the bed and halt' across its ends at the top ofthe coil-springs a, to which they are fastened by hooks e. Each spring c is made ot' spring-wire, its ends being attached to the outer slats, b, from whence it inclines upward near to the center line lengthwise of the bed,

' and nearly to the top of coil-springs at, and tuen extends lengthwise vot' 'the bed to the outer side of the end rows of coil-springs a, and halt' across each end ot' the bed and along its side. Thus the two springs cc substantially surround the bed level with the tops of coil-springs a, to

which they are attached by wire hooks e, to pre- 4o vent lateral movement ot' coilsprings a and keep them upright. Across the bed, at its head, the two end rows of coil-springs o are higher than the others, the end row being the highest, and the springs oc are correspondingly bent upward at the sides, as shown in Fig. 2, to conform to the level ot' the tops of the coils a. Near each end of the bed the wires s s are attached to inner slats, b, and have their outer ends hooked to springs c c at the side of the bed, forming auxiliary springs, and also preventing the springs c c from springing outward and away from each other. Springs s s are hooked together between the center slats, b, for conveniencein separating the bed-bottom into two sections lengthwise through the center. For the same purpose cross-bars dd', to which slats b are attached, are in two sections. Wire hooks e, connecting coil-springs a, are twisted together at their centers lengthwise of the bed,

to prevent them from slipping on each other 6o wheretheycross. Thecentralrowofwirehooks e lengthwise of the bed cross each other without being twisted, for the purpose ot' facilitating the operation of unhooking them from coilsprings a when dividing the bed into two separate sections. Ita sectional bed-bottom be not desired, the wires s s may be of one piece, instead ot two pieces hooked together in the l center, and cross-bars d d may also be ot one piece.

We claim as our invention- 1. In a spring bed bottom, the coil-springs a, being ofa rectangular form at the top, and connected diagonally at their corners with hooks e, in combination with torsion-springs c c, connected at the sides and ends ot' the bedbottom with the outer coil-springs at their corners, substantially as described.

2. The torsion-springs c c, attached to slats b, and each extending substantially haltaround 8o the bed, and connected with coil-sprl ugs a, substantiallyas described.

3. The. cross-wires s s', in combination with and attached to slats b, and torsion-springs c c, substantially as described.

4.. The coil-springs dat and near the head of the bed being higher titan the level of the tops 0f the other coil-springs, in combination with springs cc,bent upward near the head, to conform to the extra height ot' the coil-springs at 9o the head, with which they are connected by hooks e, substantially as described.

EDWARD A. HAIGHT. DELBERT WILLIAMS..

Witnesses:

J AMES W. HoLooM-. BRADFORD HOWLAND. 

